Section 340. Special education caseload staffing requirements


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  • Figure 1: Local school division caseload maximums as funded by the Virginia Appropriation Act.

    Disability Category

    Level II

    Level I

    With Paraprofessional 100% of the time

    Without Paraprofessional 100% of the Time

    Autism

    8

    6

    24

    Deaf-blindness

    8

    6

    Developmental Delay: age 5-6

    10

    8

    Developmental Delay: age 2-5

    8 Center-based
    10 Combined

    12 Home-based and/or Itinerant

    Emotional Disability

    10

    8

    24

    Hearing Impairment/Deaf

    10

    8

    24

    Intellectual Disability

    10

    8

    24

    Learning Disability

    10

    8

    24

    Multiple Disabilities

    8

    6

    Orthopedic Impairment

    10

    8

    24

    Other Health Impairment

    10

    8

    24

    Speech or Language Impairment

    NA

    NA

    68
    (Itinerant)

    Traumatic Brain Injury

    May be placed in any program, according to the IEP.

    Combined group of students needing Level I services with students needing Level II services

    20 Points (see Figure 2)

    Figure 2: Values for students receiving Level I services when combined with students receiving Level II services.

    Disability Category

    Level II Values

    Level I

    With Paraprofessional 100% of the time

    Without Paraprofessional 100% of the time

    Values

    Autism

    2.5

    3.3

    1

    Deaf-blindness

    2.5

    3.3

    1

    Developmental Delay: age 5-6

    2.0

    2.5

    1

    Emotional Disability

    2.0

    2.5

    1

    Hearing Impairment/Deaf

    2.0

    2.5

    1

    Intellectual Disability

    2.0

    2.5

    1

    Learning Disability

    2.0

    2.5

    1

    Multiple Disabilities

    2.5

    3.3

    1

    Orthopedic Impairment

    2.0

    2.5

    1

    Other Health Impairment

    2.0

    2.5

    1

    Traumatic Brain Injury

    2.0

    2.5

    1

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 25, Issue 21, eff. July 7, 2009; Errata, 26:4 VA.R. 447-448 October 26, 2009; amended, Virginia Register Volume 26, Issue 08, eff. January 25, 2010.

Statutory Authority

§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-214 of the Code of Virginia.